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Valve confirms it'll support the ROG Ally with its Steam Deck operating system

Dual boot is still on the menu, too.

(Asus has told me there are many reasons why it ships with Windows; a big one is that Microsoft has dedicated validation teams that ensure its operating system works across many different hardware configurations and chips.) We already knew Valve plans a general release of SteamOS 3 that you can theoretically install on non-handheld PCs as well; Yang says it's similarly making progress there but it's not ready quite yet. Valve isn't the only one adapting its compelling combination of Linux and controller-friendly Steam UI to Windows handhelds.

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